Morton v. State

972 So.2d 1088 (2008)

Benny MORTON, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 5D06-4294.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

January 25, 2008.

James S. Purdy, Public Defender, and Meghan Ann Collins, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Douglas T. Squire, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.

EVANDER, J.

Morton was convicted, after a jury trial, of sale of cocaine. The State's primary witness was a confidential informant who had agreed to provide assistance to law enforcement after his own…